Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Len ramirez was hit by a Police Rubber Bullet while covering the protests, and he joins us from san jose with some details on the mayors nur plan. Len . Reporter that is right. The mayor says he does not want to defund the police department, but he does want to take away some police tools and police power, especially around the area of internal investigations affidavit accountability, but some Community Members say the mayors ideas just are not bold enough. I am quite willing to bet that san jose has the finest Police Officers in the country. Reporter while voicing strong support for officers and the chief, the mayor said recent events make its clear that Police Reforms are needed. Our community expects us to do better, and were committed to doing better. Reporter the San Jose Police called ate war zone when a black lives matter protest on may 30th turned into this as police tried to clear the crowd, some protesters threw rocks and bottles at officers. The Police Officers responded with tear gas and by shooting into the crowd with rubber bullets injuring several innocent people. The mayors plan would provide for independent investigation of misconduct, expand the authority of the Police Auditor and give the mayor authority over the police chief. It would also bring trance parent sigh to arbitration when officers get disciplined or fired. Unaccountable arbitrators are reversing the decisions to terminate Police Officers. Reporter the police union had a cautious reaction to the mayors plan. E mayor in joining at finding collective ways to address improving outcomes between the community and the police. Reporter but the black leaders say the mayor is not going far enough. He is out there fighting for something different, not to repackage and repurpose it. That is not going to change what we need changed. Reporter and one person who was injured by a rubber bullet while acting as a legal Observer Says more drastic changes are l called for. All of the training that allowed them to shoot all of us, willynilly, like they were playing some stupid video game, that all starts with the chief, and none of that is being addressed by the mayor. Reporter the mayor says that so of the proposals will take time. Some of them will have to be voted on by the population here in san jose, but others such as the babe on rubber bullets, will be taken up by the city council at a meeting on august 4. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. While in oakland city leaders there have approved a budget that trims about 2. 5 million in funding to the police tethe Council Approved that plan dubbed the Community First budget which also calls for some 911 calls to be diverted to Mental Health professionals instead of the police department. The Councilmember Nicky for tu ndao was who proposed a plan to defund the police by 25 cast the one dissenting vote. And she is not holding back. Last night the councilwoman fired off this tweet. This budget is a slap in the face to thousands of oaklanders who called on council to defund opd and invest in community. I do not support this. I voted no. Proud to stand on the right side of history, elections matter. A look at our top stories at 5 30, fireworks have been lighting up the night sky practically every night around the bay area. Richmond police are seeing an 82 up tick in fireworks related calls since last june. The problem has gotten so bad Contra Costa CountyPolice Departments are now teaming up to crack down. Santa clara county is reporting another day of record breakerring cases. 125 cases of covid in just one day. Many of those cases are linked bato construction sites. That industry in particular got back to work in may, and since then at least 27 outbreaks have been reported at different construction sites. Seeing some of the aftermath from a big earthquake in the eastern sierra, the 5. 8 magnitude quake hit around 11 00 this morning near lone pine. There were also several after shocks that caused rock slides on mount whitney. Take a look at some of these pictures. Cars are covered in dust and campgrounds are now closed. California voters will now have the choice on whether to restore affirmative action. The state Senate Approved the ballot measure to repeal prop 209. 1996. It bans race in admissions. A big show of support today for immigrants who have been working during the pandemic. Supporters in the bay area joined a nationwide demonstration and caravan across San Francisco. Theyre raiding awareness for status worker whose could face deportation. Theyre demanding protection as President Trump looks to end the program. The skyscraper at 555 california is up for sale. It was the m toker bank of america headquarters, of course. At one time the biggest building in the city. Now host ten napolitanos like microsoft, goldman sachs, the building is coowned by the Reality Trust and the trump organization. The 52story property has abestimated value of more than 1 billion. San franciscos sunset district is mostly Single Family homes, but we have learned developers are eyeing it as the new frontier for building more housing, and one development in particular has become a flash point. Were concerned with a big apartment like this where he is cutting up the apartments into bed rooms that hell turn it into a me tell. Yes, it is dense, but my question would be when you want to tackle the housing crises, how are we going to do that without dense filing . Reporter that is the focus of our project home report tonight at 11 00 on kpix 5. And still ahead, he succeeded harvey milk, and left his own legacy and fight for equality. How harry brit gave the Lgbtq Community a powerful voice in politics. And the warning about a concerning level of answerer nick in arsenic in bottled water made by whole foods. How a responding officer jumped right into action. Tonight, the pra devin, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15 percent credit on car and motorcycle policies . Ok . Thats 15 percent on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . Dj khaled to be your motivational coach . Yo devin remember to brush in a circle motion. Thank you. Dj. Khaled. Tiny circles, devin. Do another one. Another one. Is this good . Put in that work, devin. Dont give up. Geico. Save an extra 15 when you switch by october 7th. Today San Francisco is remembering the former city supervisor and gay rights pioneer harry brit. He died at the age of 82. Brit succeeded harvey milk on the broader back in 199, an ga domestic partner legislation in 1982. It failed then but pass passed seven years later. Brit also ran for congress losing to nancy pelosi. Two years ago he gave an impassioned speech at a rally for the 40th anniversary of milks assassination. We are allowing what harvey wanted us to do, let the world see how beautiful we are and how ugly it is to stand up against beauty and to fail to respond in a human way to the enormous dignity of every human being. Brit passed away at la laguna hospital. He had suffered various issues over the years. We bring you pride 50, generations of hope. It is a threehour special and it air this is weekend. A Community Grand marshall this year, and he is the ceo of San FranciscoCommunity Health center. So proud to be a grand marshall so that i can be part of what we need to message now and that we need to still be fighting and advocating and making known that covid19 is such an issue in our community, h. I. V. Still remains an issue. We still need to push forward to get to zero and end this epidemic. You got to watch. It is called pride 50, generations of hope. It air this is sunday on our sister station k. B. Cw 44, cable 12, and we will also be streaming it on kpix. Com and it starts at 5 00 p. M. A San Francisco nonprofit is Building Community this pride month by making sure that lgbtq seniors feel priated and supported. Volunteers with open house s. F. Delivered these pride bags to seniors across the city, and theyre full of goodies, including a rainbow flag, reusable face masks, a pamlet on exercises to do at home while sheltering in place, and a bunch of other useful items, and it is a good example of how were Better Together, and weve compiled more feel good stories like this on kpix 5. Com. Just head to Better Together, that section. A family makes a desperate call for help on fasters day. He for some reopening is bringing a whole new kind of stress and anxiety. Christine lazar explains. Reporter as our state reopens, some are finding it harder to cope than when we were in lockdown. With choice comes a whole new level of anxiety. I dont know what everything is going to look like because things can change at the drop of a hat. So it definitely is something that keeps me up at night. Reporter Jennifer Beck is eight months pregnant with her first child. She says the pressure from friends around family to resume her old way of life causes her the most stress. Oh, everything is easing up, so everything is fine. We can go get our nails done, we can go out to eat. For me i want to stay in quarantine. Reporter dr. Megan markham is a Board Certified clinical psychologist. She says people can experience decision fatigue during a pandemic. Choice comes from two places. It either comes from rational thinking or it comes from irrational thinking. The less information we have to go on the more likely we are to choose bases based on emotions. Reporter those emotion cans lead to physical and Mental Health problems. Insomnia, irrattability, difficulty making decisions, overwhelmed stress and our bodies are not designed to maintain that level of stress for a lock time. Reporter and her biggest source of anxiety is the Upcoming School year for her in coming kindergarteners. We have no idea what kindergarten holds and then you throw a pandemic on it and it is even nor nerveracking. Reporter dr. Markham says if reopening is causing you stress, it is okay to continue to stay home. It is only not okay when it prevents you from, you know, doing the things in life that you need to function. If it prevents you from working or getting your basic needs met, then it is an area for concern. That is Christine Lazar reporting. With the crasses spiking, some people are concerned that a second wave of the virus could be over the horizon, sooner rather than later. We talked to Stanford Health care who says the latest data is very concerning. We really are not anywhere near through the first wave, and it is very concerning to many of us just, you know, following the data that is put out every day from Public Health departments and the cdc that were actually, if anything, seeing up ticks in the numbers of both cases and more concerningly hospitalizations in areas that have opened up very quickly. We will see kind of the fist wave merging into a second wave if we open up thicks in a careless manner. It is a good interview. You can check out the rest of it on kpix. Com. If you shop at whole foods, will be up. Consumer reports says a brand of whole foods bottled water has harmful arsenic levels. According to the report starkys spring water has three times as much arsenic as other brands. Consumer reports say regular con such as increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Whole foods argued the level is within regulations. Two sang Police Officers being hailed as heroes tonight for saving a babys life. They were called to a home on fathers day when the 11month old stopped breathing. The two were able to stop cpr until the little girl started breathing on her own. She was rushed to the hospital and is expected to with okay. We tacked to the officer whose s who heard the good news. This is one of the times were really happy to get the news that the baby is stable and that what we ended up did made a difference today. Wow. Those officers reunited with the family and the little girl at the hospital. The two say they are grateful cpr is part of their training. Yes. Ill tell you what, thee First Responders, they have tampa bay a lot tampa bay taken a lot of heat lately and when they save your kids life. Do you think you could do that right off the bat right now . Im not sure. Okay. Im not going to test you on it. You have to have it when you have little kids. That is true. Big picturewise as we head into the weekend, yes, i know it is wednesday, but it is fiscal cliff too early just awe head. Along the coast and near the bay, youre not going to notice too much of a change, but upland temperatures are not going to where as hot, and it was hot inland. The high temperatures reached into the 90s in concord. Right now in fairfield, the 90s. Mid 80s for san jose. 67 degrees, and 64 at half moon bay. Downtown it has dropped to 64 degrees, which is warmer than we have been the past few evenings and it is still hot farther inland. 92 fairfield and in concord. While youre down to 81 degrees in san jose. The fog is going to continue to drift back in over the bay and pushing farther in. The reduced visibility across the board, especially in these red, pink shaded areas. Like the past couple of days, it will back up towards the coast and we will go back and forth tonight, tomorrow and on friday. The wind speeds are going to pick up. The strongest gusts mostly in the 15 to 20mileperhour range. Right along the coast, especially San Francisco. Were talking about the 25plus mileperhour gusts and some cause for concern, fairfield, hot terps and gusty winds, that is a bad combination when it comes to that fire danger. So it is something well keep an eye on as we go through the day thursday. Temperatures will start off in the mid to upper 50s. We are going to warm up a couple of degrees above er t s ove normal ithot. Mid 90s for concord. Mostly the middle portion of the 0s for the south bay. Up to around 9 90 degrees for santa clara. Low to mid 90s up and down the trivalley. The bay, the temperature also be a couple of degrees warmer. Letting close to 70 in the city. Mid to upper 80s for the knot bay and still flat out hot for lake county. Even an unsafe or forkedder line unsafe air quality for the east bay and south bay on thursday. Nothing to be overly worried about, but folks with breathing difficulties may notice a difference. Temperatures do back off as we head into the weekend. Then a warmup again next week. Coming up at 6 00, a little twist on the dog walking forecast. Thank you, paul. New at 6 00, happening right now, Oakland Unified School district deciding whether to end policing in their schools where teachers and parents are supporting the vote, plus im john ramous in outer loop i dont union city. Well have a hate crime story coming up. And a Community Showing why we are Better Together a small squad of neighbors going above and beyond to connect with some isolated seniors. Still ahead, how the owner of a popular bay area restaurant chain found a way to keep paying his employees and give a restaurant ceo has found the way to melt the hearts of front line hospital workers during the pandemic. Sharon chin introduces us to this wokes jefferson award winner. Reporter and ken and liz, the idea to keep his business open, to keep his employees paid and to show appreciation for medical workers. The melt cor signs of a meltdown once california sheltered in place. Overnight our sales dropped by about 80 . Reporter still the ceo ralph bower told all 140plus employees they would get paid even if they didnt feel comfortable coming to work at the eatery seven bay area and Southern California locations. We wanted to not only have our team members back, but we wanted to have the backs of the First Responders as well. Reporter so ralph came up with the idea to offer free meals to medical First Responders, the program called melting hearts for hospitals. It has been the most rewarding thing i have done in my restaurant career. Reporter so far melting hearts for hospitals has given away 16,000 meals, plus 8,000 more the restaurant donated every time customers brought a delivery order. Jana athis, u. C. San diego head and neck Program Director says the melt staff has become like family and the food they provided her fueled herr last month of pregnancy. Just to have a healing meal at the end of the day when youre just burnt out mentally just went over and beyond the call of anything that we had been experiencing. Reporter more recently ralph began giving free meals to the hungry in San Francisco. The melt partners with food relief to help food banks feed a growing number of people in need. Thank you so much. Reporter joes weekly meal pickups make a difference for his family of six. It defrays the cost. More to use for our utilities, maybe gas money. It makes you feel good inside to give back. Reporter the employee says the griffeying spirit starts with ralph. He is a caring individual for his community and where he lives at and his workers. This has definitely been a bright spot for me and our teams. Reporter so for giving free meals to First Responders and families in need, this weeks jefferson award in the bay area goes to ralph bower. And ralph said that sales have climbed back up to precovid levels, and to explain that he concludes, yet, if you do right by the community, the community will do the right thing by you. Ken . Great. Now me and heggen are starving here looking at those burgers. Shaw, sharon. Sorry. You can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at kpix. Com hero. And that is it for the news at 5 00. Kpix news at 6 00 begins right now. Now at 6 00, racist messages scrawled all over a car in the east bay. The hate Crime Investigation and how the responding officer tried to right the wrong. It seems to be a lot worse this year than it has in the past. Yes, it is not even 4th of july or july yet, but it sounds like the 4th, every night some places, and now the Police Departments in Contra Costa County are going to crack down. And happening right now, the Oakland School board about to vote on ending Police Officers in schools. Ofutiofrom the states top educator. Our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, hate messages sprayed on a car in union city sparking an investigation. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. That car was likely targeted because of signs supporting the black lives matter movement. Now, this follows other hate Crime Investigations going on around the bay area, a news found at the sonoma raceway and hate graffiti in pacifica. Kpix 5s john ramos on this new case around the officer who try dodd soften the blow of some pretty ugly words. Reporter on sunday night Union City Police were called to this car because of the graffiti spray painted on both sides of it. Is what it looked like. In addition to the profane racist messages, the front windshield was smashed. The Police Believe the crime was an angry response to a pair of black lives matter sign ins the